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brew install pmdmini

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overview

Package summary

Plays music in PC-88/98 PMD chiptune format

Project links

Commands and aliases

pmdplay

history

Project history and usage

pmdmini is a C library and command-line playback tool for music written for the Professional Music Driver ecosystem on NEC PC-98 computers.

Project history

Professional Music Driver was a popular PC-9801 music library created by Kajihara Mashahiro. pmdmini was authored by BouKiCHi and derived through PMDXMMS, PMDWin, and related OPNA and PCM emulation components; Misty De Meo later became its maintainer and supplied fixes and improvements.

Adoption history

The official README lists pmdmini users including MDXPLAYER for Android, ruby-mdxplay, Paula, and Modizer, showing adoption primarily among retro-audio players and chiptune software.

How it is used

Applications initialize the library, validate and open a PMD file, select an output sample rate, render PCM buffers, inspect track notes and metadata, and stop playback when complete. The packaged pmdplay executable provides direct command-line playback.

Why package nerds care

pmdmini packages a lineage of Japanese PC-98 music-driver code into a small portable C interface. It matters to preservation-minded package users because it lets modern systems render music written for Yamaha YM2203 and YM2608 hardware without the original computer.

Timeline

PC-98 era: Kajihara Mashahiro created the original Professional Music Driver.
Later: BouKiCHi created pmdmini from the PMDXMMS and PMDWin lineage.
Current project: Misty De Meo maintains the official repository and its improvements.

Related projects

The official credits connect pmdmini to Professional Music Driver, PMDXMMS, PMDWin, M88's OPNA generator, PPZ8, and MDXPLAYER.

Sources

Bundled official documentation: https://github.com/mistydemeo/pmdmini/blob/master/pmdmini.txt
Official repository README and credits: https://github.com/mistydemeo/pmdmini#readme

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 12 platform targets.
Installs with 1 runtime dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`pmdplay`	cli	global executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-09-19

manager version2.0.0

manager updated2026-09-11

local dataok

upstreamcurrent

latest detectedv2.0.0

https://github.com/mistydemeo/pmdmini

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:pmdmini
Version	2.0.0
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/pmdmini
Homepage	https://github.com/mistydemeo/pmdmini
Repository	https://github.com/mistydemeo/pmdmini
License	GPL-2.0-or-later
Source archive	https://github.com/mistydemeo/pmdmini/archive/refs/tags/v2.0.0.tar.gz
Last updated	2026-09-11T13:15:45Z
Pulse	updated
Dependencies	sdl2-compat
Bottle	available (on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, monterey, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	pmdmini
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	stable

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Combined YAML source

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combined/pmdmini.yml

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